Data
SAGE Commission Report: http://governor.ny.gov/documents/SAGEReport.pdf
Sage Commission Presentation: http://governor.ny.gov/documents/SAGEPresentation.pdf
Sources
Where we go for news and analysis.
NYS Government Transparency Sites
State Comptroller: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/
Open Book NY: http://www.openbooknewyork.com/
Comptrollers transparency site which includes state contracts, public salaries
Project Sunlight: http://www.sunlightny.com/snl1/app/index.jsp
Attorney General’s extensive transparency site: campaign contributions, lobbying, money in politics.
Daily Political Blogs
State of Politics Blog: http://capitaltonight.com/stateofpolitics/
The Daily Politics, NY Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/
Capitol Confidential/timesunion.com, Albany NY: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/
Knickerbocker: http://www.nypost.com/blogs/knickerbocker
Politics on the Hudson, Journal News (Mid-Hudson): http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/
North Country Public Radio: http://bit.ly/fwpvhD
Other NYS Political Blogs
The Capitol: http://nycapitolnews.com/
Capital: How it Works: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/
TV and Radio
Capitol Tonight (Companion to Daily Politics): http://www.capitaltonight.com/
Fred Dicker Show: http://bit.ly/e4WqSG
Karen De Witt, North Country Public Radio: http://bit.ly/fwpvhD
NYS Polling
Siena Research Institute: http://www.siena.edu/pages/1167.asp
Quinnipiac University: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1317.xml
New York State Think Tanks
Rockefeller Institute at SUNY Albany: http://www.rockinst.org/
The States and Public Policy
National Governors Association (NGA): http://bit.ly/Rn22
NGA Center for Best Practices: http://bit.ly/eiM1xC
Pew Center on the States: http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/
New York State Watchdog Groups
These groups have a wealth of policy reports and recommendations on their websites:
Brennan Center for Justice: http://www.brennancenter.org/
Citizens Union: http://www.citizensunion.org/home
Common Cause New York: http://bit.ly/9oGcBw
League of Women Voters of NY State: http://www.lwvny.org/
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG): http://www.nypirg.org/
New York State Fiscal Watchdogs
Citizens Budget Commission (CBC): http://www.cbcny.org/
Empire Center for New York State Policy: http://www.empirecenter.org/
Fiscal Policy Institute: http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/
Transparency Online news sources for government innovation and technology:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Sunlight/
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=149
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/
http://techpresident.com
http://govfresh.com
http://radar.oreilly.com/alexh
http://sunlightlabs.com/blog
http://civiccommons.org/blog
http://eaves.ca
http://codeforamerica.org/blog
http://openplans.org/civichacker/
Local Transparency and Government Openness Organizations
Open NY Meet-Up: http://www.meetup.com/openny/
Center for Technology in Government SUNY Albany: http://www.ctg.albany.edu/
OpenPlans: http://www.openplans.org
NYC Independent Budget Office: http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/
National Transparency
Sunlight Foundation: http://sunlightfoundation.com/
Opengovernment.org: http://opengovernment.org/
Open Government Initiative: http://opengovernmentinitiative.org/
Participatory Politics Foundation: http://www.participatorypolitics.org/
OMB Watch: http://ombwatch.org/
Ethics and Good Government Sources
Ethics Reform: http://bit.ly/dFsphy
Independent Redistricting: http://bit.ly/ewsh6k
Open Data Policies
NYC Open Data Law: http://nyc.gov/doitt/local_law_11_2012.shtml
NYC Open Data Policy: http://nyc.gov/doitt/downloads/nyc_open_data_tsm.pdf
Montgomery Co., MD Open Data Law: http://montgomerycountymd.gov/council/opengov.pdf
Montgomery Co., MD Open Data Policy: http://montgomerycountymd.gov/open/strategy.pdf
Philadelphia Open Data Law: http://phila.gov/executive_orders/EO112.pdf
Philadelphia Open Data Policy: https://github.com/CityOfPhiladelphia/open-gov-phl
Federal Open Gov. Directive: http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/omb/m10-06.pdf
Books
New York State Government by Robert B.Ward
Tales from the Sausage Factory: Making Laws in New York State by Daniel L. Feldman and Gerald Benjamin
The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Great Fiscal Crisis of 1975 by Seymour P. Lachman and Robert Polner
The Prophet of Love: And Other Tales of Power and Deceit by Elizabeth Kolbert